E/CN.4/1989/44 page 31 Republic of Korea 59. In a communication of 21 July 1988 addressed to the Government concerned, the following information was transmitted by the Special Rapporteur: "It has been alleged that a number of church leaders have been detained throughout 1987 and that numerous church buildings have been raided and tear-gassed. A few examples are cited below. "On 23 April 1987, in Kwangju police reportedly fired tear qas into the Presbyterian Church regular General Assembly, forcing the meetinq to halt. "On 12 May 1987, police reportedly prevented worshippers from attending an "all-night prayer service for the nation" at A-Hyun Church in Seoul. "On 18 May 1987, police reportedly fired tear-qas into a memorial service under way in a Buddhist temple in Kwangju. On 31 May 1987, 700 Buddhist monks and laymen who were protesting the incident were again, reportedly attacked by police with tear-gas. "On 22 September 1987, a prayer service held by several congregations in Seoul was reportedly violently broken up by police who beat and injured several and briefly detained one hundred of the participants." 60. On 14 November 1988, the Permanent Mission of the Republic of Korea communicated the reply of the authorities of the Republic of Korea to the Special Rapporteur. It stated in particular, referring to information transmitted by the Special Rapporteur concerning events which took place respectively on: "(a) 23 April 1987: "The 89th regular General Assembly of the Presbyterian Churches of Chollanamdo Province was held from 10 a.m. to 8. p.m. on 23 April 1987 at Shin Heung Church in Kwangju City, with 270 persons including ministers in attendance. "Around 5.50 p.m. when the assembly was still proceeding, some participants went out to the street to shout anti-Government slogans, beat policemen on guard and tried to staqe an illegal demonstration. "The police, while tryinq to break up the illeqal demonstration, fired tear-gas into the street demonstrators. However, it clearly had nothing to do with the religious assembly that was going on in the church. The assembly came to an end more than two hours after the incident. "In connection with the incident, no complaint or accusation was lodged and no one was booked."